The Guardian of Peace’s cyberattack in late November hasn’t just brought Sony Pictures to its knees. It’s forced the company to go old school, according to the Wrap’s Matt Donnelly. “In multiple conversations with reporters, industry executives say they find themselves in a terrifying position for a culture glued to smartphones: off the grid,” reports Donnelly. “At Sony, calls, fax machines, billing by hand and snail mail have become the new facts of life on the lot since last month’s data breach.”

“Old-fashioned girl that I am,” Daum wrote, “I still have a landline, though it rarely rings -- and when it does, especially without warning, there's rarely anything good on the other end. … Friends or business associates do call on occasion, but they almost always email or text ahead of time asking if it's OK. I do the same for them. Anything else would be rude, literally alarming.”

Landlines keep you physically tethered. And phone calls take more time than electronic communication – or so it can seem. But on the flip side, the phone does nurture human connection.